Civil servant fraudulently juggled five jobs working from home
A civil servant used remote working and sick notes to fraudulently juggle five government jobs, prosecutors said.
At one point, Kashim Chowdhury was contracted to work 183 hours a week for five jobs, more hours than exist in seven days, jurors at Southwark Crown Court were told.
There are many things we could say about this, mostly obvious, but there is a tip of an iceberg feel to it too. It would be mildly unfair to point out that allowing civil servants to work from home is open to scams like this, but disingenuous to claim otherwise.
6 comments:
As he's not white, he becomes a protected species, so will probably keep his job(s) and even be promoted. Pte Frazer has been right all along.
Penseivat
Was he caught because of too much money flowing his way or because he wasn't covering his meagre workload at each job?
Answers on a postcard.
I once worked for a London local authority who once sent round al ‘all employees’ email pointing out that is was wrong, really wrong, to be claiming unemployment benefits whilst being employed by them, the council.
Think of the standard of council employees if you must point this out.
PS, I was only employed for 18 months before I left. I just couldn’t stand the level of incompetence and corruption in the place.
Penseivat - it would be interesting to know how it pans out, but the news cycle moves on.
Mike - managers comparing notes perhaps?
Chris - good grief, they must have known some were claiming benefits.
Well done for leaving. Years ago I worked in the same building as a young chap who left for the same reason. Not in the lab where I worked, but I sometimes gave him a lift home so I knew what he thought of the work he was doing. I was always impressed how even at a young age he calmly saw it for what it was and chucked it.
And that the civil service create such meaningless and unnecessary jobs, that someone can pretend to work five of them at once
Bucko - yes, it suggests that those five departments could make large staff reductions, possibly 100%.
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